First 1000 — Case studies on how companies got their first 1000 customers

Hello Product Hunt 👋, So excited to be releasing first 1000 today. First 1000 at its core is a weekly newsletter about how companies got their first 1000 customers. How did companies get from 0->0.25. Each week we cover a new company, and try to uncover a new strategy/hustle/hack that those founders have leveraged to get the wheels going. To give you a little taste, here are some of the stories we covered Slice -> and how its founder turned his company into a fax-orders generation machine to sign his first pizzerias Spotify->and how they managed to create the “illusion” of a better product to win early customers. Bloomberg->and how he made morning coffee runs to land his first enterprise client. Zumper ->and how they developed a tool to generate leads from their competitors. Stitch Fix -> and how they launched their company without a landing page we even a teardown on Product Hunt 😉. I have some FANTASTIC INTERVIEWS lined up for the month of April and can't wait to have you all onboard. Hit me up with any questions

Congrats on your launch Ali, saw you first on Newsletter Geeks and love your content. BTW what tool do you use for referral? (I'm this close to implement my own internal tool)

This is so awesome! Especially since I am going through these struggles now. Feel free to reach out for feedback in a couple weeks after I’ve gotten some emails.

I’m a long-time reader and fan @ali_abou_el_atta. So much so that I was recently toying with the idea of commissioning you to research the company/product I’m trying to displace with my own. have you considered this as part of the business model?

?makers this is really great. Just read the story of Calendly and it is spot on. Good research here! Well done ⚡️

Signing up as well! That sounds like one of only a few newsletters that actually provide a lot of value. Although I would also be curious to learn more about early acquisition strategies of the "mid-sector". Not only the big companies and unicorns, but also the ones in the middle, that might not be super big, but are still doing really well.

Congratulations for your PH launch 🎉 I’ve been a super fan of your newsletter @ali_abou_el_atta! Looking forward to your future posts 😊

Great idea! Do you get your insights only from interviewing the founders? Or from books etc.? Or a mixture of both, perhaps?

Have subscribed to the newsletter. An eloquent new entry to Product Hunt on that most vital of subject - customer acquisition. Case studies are thought-provoking and immersive. Thanks so much for the information.

This newsletter encompasses a great mixture of delivery and length. Unique and not long so you stay focused till the end. One of my favorite weekly subscriptions!

This is awesome, really helpful, especially to product designers to have one central place where case studies are collected! Congrats!

Hello @ali_abou_el_atta Just subscribed and have already read the SnapChat case study. Great stuff and attractive site/format. Perhaps one day sellff.com might make your list. We just launched on PH and HN this past week and have our "first 300." All the best to you and your product :-)

Insightful sharing! The new format is very easy to digest and learn a lot from the story! Highly recommend.

Very useful and informative for founders! Great job @ali_abou_el_atta !

Subscriber to !First100 for a long time now. It's worth a read and I learn something every time. thanks @ali_abou_el_atta :)

Hey, this is actually a great idea, congrats on the launch!

Great idea!! Super helpful for finding creative ways to acquire customers. Well done @ali_abou_el_atta 🥳

Finding the first 1000 customers is an important, under-reported part of the startup journey to which Ali has devoted considerable thought. The result is this tactical, easy-to-read knowledge base. Bravo Ali!

As a substack writer myself (@consumerstartups), I can confidently vouch for First1000. Great content - ali puts in many hours each week to put together a case study on early customer acquisition strategies. This is a newsletter you have to follow if you are an early-stage founder looking for more growth levers.

This is awesome! As an entrepreneur, this gives me so many insights, as well as much need motivation haha! Thanks for making this!